Michelle Obama says even she still sometimes feels like a fraud: 'It doesn't go away, that feeling that you shouldn't take me that seriously'

Michelle Obama says that she sometimes feels like a fraud, even after a decade on the world stage.

She said in London on Monday: "I still have a little impostor syndrome, it never goes away, that you're actually listening to me."

Obama said that the feeling is one that many people experience and she wanted to make sure that she is accountable and can inspire hope.

"I share that with you because we all have doubts in our abilities, about our power and what that power is," she said.

Michelle Obama says that she experiences imposter syndrome and that even she still sometimes feels like a fraud.

Speaking in London on Monday, Obama said that it's a feeling that never goes away, even with experience or fame.

When asked by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie how it feels to be seen as a "symbol of hope," Obama said: "I still have a little impostor syndrome, it never goes away, that you're actually listening to me.

"It doesn't go away, that feeling that you shouldn't take me that seriously."

Imposter syndrome is a term used to describe when people feel inadequate, despite their success.